Meux History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Meux family

The surname Meux was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie) in northern France, where this eminent family held a family seat in the honor of De Limeux, a village in the ancient department of Cher in the Somme.

The family branched north into Flanders, and west into Normandy where they held considerable estates before the 16th century. They also branched to Brittany where they held a family seat at Cree'Hriou, Kerigonan, and Kerveguen.

Gabriel Lemieux, born in 1626, son of Louis and Marie (née Lugan), worked as a coppersmith in Quebec. He married Marguerite LeBoeuf, born in 1640, daughter of Guillaume and Marguerite (née Milot), on 3rd September 1658. His second marriage was to Marthe Beauregard, born in 1643, on 26th November 1671. They remained together until Marthe passed away in Lévis on 22nd October 1728. 1

Early History of the Meux family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Meux research. Another 46 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1598, 1613 and 1659 are included under the topic Early Meux History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Meux Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lemieux, Limeux, Lemeux, Lemieus, Lemeur, Lemeut, Lemuet, Lemut, Lemue, Lemuel, Lemoual, Lemouee, Moues, Moule, Mieure and many more.

Early Notables of the Meux family

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Meux migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Meux Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Meux, who arrived in Virginia in 1713 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Meux (post 1700) +

Sir Hedworth Meux (1856-1929), English naval officer, Admiral of the Fleet during the First World War

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)